Trainwrecks is among the most vocal and opinionated streamers online, and since Twitch announced changes to its policies regarding gambling content, he has teased that he is working on making a substitute for the platform.
Last month, he announced that he was planning to make a platform “or team up with one,” and today, he “leaked” some information about what he has going on. Though he didn’t have a “full update” today, he teased the public with the potential subscription revenue split he seemingly has in the works.
“Will provide a full update in a day or two, but for now, I’ll leak one thing – partnered creator sub split, 95% creator, 5% company,” he said. “Fuck it, I’ll leak one more thing – we will have a bits equivalent & we won’t upcharge the viewer, you want to give $100 to your favorite creator, you should be charged ~$100 (you only pay the processing) – no more being charged $130 to get $100.”
Subscription revenue shares have been a hot-button topic for Twitch this fall after the platform announced plans to reduce the number of creators it gave a 70-30 split to and said it would also cap that rate to the first $100,000 a creator makes. The baseline subscription revenue split on the platform is 50-50.
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Having a 95-5 split would make Train’s platform comparable to Patreon, which isn’t known for its livestreaming capabilities. Even YouTube, which is currently Twitch’s biggest competitor in streaming, only offers a 70-30 split across all its revenue sources.
One of the primary concerns that Twitch expressed in making its decision to reduce the number of 70-30 splits it gives is the cost of maintaining and operating servers built for livestreaming. So if a livestreaming-oriented platform offered a 95-5 split, it would certainly be an ambitious venture. But if it were successful, it would completely shake up the industry as we know it.
Published: Nov 28, 2022 01:08 pm